Former CNN anchor Don Lemon lashed out at former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly for her “racist” tirade about Joy Reid.
Kelly celebrated after MSNBC canceled Reid’s show “The ReidOut” on Sunday. Reid appeared in her final episode on Monday night.
Kelly said she was “thrilled” and “absolutely delighted” that Reid was out at MSNBC. “But we won’t have her to kick around anymore, there’s a little sadness in that.”
“She literally was the most racist person on television, her and her most favorite guest, Elie Mystal, so they deserve 100% both to be fired,” Kelly said.
“This is one of the many reasons why most of us are absolutely delighted to see her get fired from this show… We’ll miss her a little I guess…?” Kelly added.
Kelly went on to say that MSNBC employs “among the dumbest people” and that Reid “appears to have been the dumbest and the worst-rated.”
Don Lemon clapped back at Kelly, calling her a “racist”, “troll”, and a “hater” on Monday’s episode of his podcast.
“So let me just say to Megyn Kelly – in my thirty-some years as a journalist and my fifty-some years as a person of color – go f*** yourself!”
“Let’s talk about the haters,” Lemon said, while taking a sip from an oversized “Megyn Kelly Today” mug.
Lemon said he usually doesn’t like to talk about Kelly, because “she’s one of those people,” who “thrives… on being a troll.”
He claimed that Kelly’s PR team boosts clips of her with the phrase “Megyn Kelly calls out,” which he said is a “right-wing marketing tactic” for media personalities.
“I don’t want to be one of those people whose Google profile begins with ‘Don Lemon Calls Out.’ It’s gauche, it’s unseemly, and it’s beneath me, and it should be beneath her.”
He said Kelly’s rant about Reid proves that she’s anti-Black female and racist.
“And she has, you know, she has an axe to grind when it comes to MSNBC. And also, you know… this whole – she’s racist, right?” Lemon said. “I’m gonna give you the evidence. Supposedly learned from and then spent every day after apologizing for it and being fired for it, then spent every day proving the point that she is a racist. And not very supportive of women, if you look, all you have to do, the evidence is in her Google search and what she says about women, and how she calls them out all the time,” Lemon added.
He concluded, “The worst person? No, Megyn Kelly! The worst person on television was fired from NBC and The Today Show a few years ago, and that’s Megyn Kelly. That’s the worst person who’s not on television anymore — is you. That’s the worst person who’s not on television. So hurrah for that, NBC did something good for with that.”
NEW: Former CNN host Don Lemon tells Megyn Kelly to go "f*ck herself" because she was mean to Joy Reid, reminds his viewers that Reid is a woman.
Lemon tried claiming that Kelly was a misogynist because she trolled Reid, who sadly lost her low-rated show.
The far-left show host… pic.twitter.com/W4N9zHcLWD
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